Deuteronomy 26:4
“And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.”
That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.
And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.
And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
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Cross-References
“Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;”
“Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?”
“We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.”
“And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God:”